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Endorsements :
“A substantial contribution of voices thoughtfully questioning the applicability of prevailing Western leadership models to our time. In a world beset by wicked challenges from the pandemic to authoritarianism to climate change, the chapters look at adaptive leadership’s ability to address our planet in peril.” Laurien Alexandre, PhD, Dean, Graduate School of Leadership & Change, Antioch University, USA
“This volume is a welcome addition to the literature on adaptive leadership. Its application to the complexity of today’s leadership challenges and extended theoretical framing will be useful to scholar-practitioners here at Drexel and around the globe.” Penny L. Hammrich, PhD, Dean of the School of Education, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA
“A curious and at times controversial series of essays which build on Heifetz’s original work on adaptive leadership, weaving it into work on resilience and aspects of complexity science. It provides a valuable resource for scholars and thinking practitioners in the field of leadership under conditions of uncertainty.” Dave Snowden, Director Cynefin Centre, CSO Cognitive Edge
“In an era characterized by political divide and unprecedented challenge this book applies social-emotional skills such as compassion and resilience to adaptive leadership practices, offering essential strategies for all leaders, especially those charged with the academic, social, and emotional development of this generation.” Sheldon Berman, Retired Superintendent, CASEL 2020 Award Recipient, Excellence in Social-Emotional Research and Practice
“Heifetz warned us in the 90s that things were getting complicated, that leadership needed to be adaptive. This new volume edited by Raei and Rasmussen provides great insight into the practices of adaptive leadership–skills every education leader needs to help communities face complex challenges.” Tom Vander Ark, Getting Smart
Adaptive Leadership in a Global Economy is itself an exercise in adaptive work. The contributors help us make meaning of inspiring global case studies while proposing complementary approaches that can help practitioners transform organizational culture, catalyze systems change, advance racial justice and address a host of other critical adaptive challenges facing our world today. Marc Ross Manashil, Adjunct Assistant Professor, NYU Silver School of Social Work
Raei and Rasmussen’s collection of essays take up Heifetz’s model of adaptive leadership and show how it can be applied and taught globally. The collection provides concrete case studies in Adaptive Leadership encountered in a wide range of major cultures including, among others, China, Japan, and Latin America. The contributors’ tales are wide in range and rich in content. It’s a stimulating read. McCormack, former Director of International Education at the University of California, Berkeley.
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“This powerful collection brings together scholars known for pushing the boundaries of leadership inquiry beyond traditional, individually-based accounts to explore what happens if we take seriously the spiritual and collective dynamics at leadership’s core. Prepare to see anew traditional theories such as adaptive and transformational leadership, and to be blown away by the possibilities enabled by recognizing leadership as an intuitive, sensory and soul-based experience emerging from the ‘interspace’.”
Donna Ladkin, award-winning author of Rethinking Leadership: A New Look at Old Leadership Questions and Professor of Inclusive Leadership, and Professor, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK.
“I see this edited volume a most timely effort to address the rapidly increased need to better conceptualize and showcase the dynamic interplay between spirituality and leadership. Their intention to include non-western perspectives, along with the shadow side, on this important topic, is courageous and refreshing.”
Xiaoan Li, Senior Program Manager, Fetzer Institute.
“Imagine leadership knowledge informed by the reciprocal and relational perspectives of ancient, Indigenous, and traditional wisdoms supplemented by emerging best practice and understandings. Imagine leadership oriented towards relationality and care of both others humans and other-than-humans. Imagine leadership where courage challenges existing perspectives and links reflective consciousness as spiritual practice towards building a better world for all, even while acknowledging its dark side. Leadership at the Spiritual Edge offers those perspectives and more in its holistic understanding of leadership is meant to be and do.”
Sandra Waddock, award-winning author of Intellectual Shamans and The Difference Makers, and Galligan Chair of Strategy, Carroll School Scholar of Corporate Responsibility, and Professor of Management, Boston College, USA.
“This avant-garde book weaves together new spiritual perspectives with enduring ones from the past, and voices from the Global North with those from the Global South that need to be heard. Further, this volume dares to sift through the shadows of spirituality, toward bringing social justice and harmony forward.”
Marie Holm, PhD, Associate Professor and HRM Program Director, INSEEC Grande École – OMNES Education, and Minister, Medium & Holistic Healer, Norsk Spiritualistisk Trossamfunn.
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“Having, in fact, edited a book with Dr. Raei, I can attest to the authenticity
this book brings to the field of academic editing and how much it is
needed. We may think we know what goes into editing an anthology of
others’ thinking and communicating, but the reality is, in a word, startling.
Dr. Raei and I found our particular areas of expertise and learned their
complements. Outreach to potential authors and then nurturing them to
engage in ways that present a coherent volume became an art. We both wish
we had had an instruction manual before embarking on our first journey
together. This is it.”
—Harriette Thurber Rasmussen, Ed.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor and Associate Director of Professional Doctoral Programs
School of Education
Drexel University
“Editing an academic anthology is a multitasking challenge with many
moving parts. Dr. Raei’s guide makes it manageable with lucid illustrations
and explanations, giving you a roadmap to follow. This indispensable resource
walks you through every step, from the initial concept to final publication.
You’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of the big-picture components
of editing and writing, from soliciting chapters to working with authors,
co-editors, and publishers. You will also learn how to navigate unexpected
challenges along the way and master the crucial small details for a polished
outcome.
Dr. Raei draws on his own experience as an author and editor of several
academic anthologies, offering detailed examples and personal anecdotes that
bring the editing journey to life. This authoritative yet engaging approach
illuminates what can be an opaque area of academic work, making it especially
valuable for first-time editors.
Concise and well-rounded, this book is a highly recommended one-stop
workshop for successfully editing academic volumes.”
—Haitham Ibrahim, PhD
Associate Instructional Professor in the Humanities
University of Chicago
Publications :
Peer Reviewed Books
- Raei, M. (2025). Editing academic anthologies in the social sciences: A concise guide. Peter Lang.
- Raei, M. (2021). Spirituality, meditation, and Kundalini: Almost everything that you wanted to know but where afraid to ask.
- Voynnet-Fourboul, C., Holm, M., & Raei, M. (Eds.). (2025). Spirituality for leaders: Theoretical insights and practical Tools. Routledge.
- Raei, M., Guenther, S. K., & Berkley, L. A. (Eds.). (2024). Leadership at the spiritual edge: Emerging and non-Western perspectives. Routledge.
- Raei, M., & Rasmussen, H. T. (Eds.). (2021). Adaptive leadership in a global economy: Perspectives for application and scholarship. Routledge.
- Raei, M. (2021). Adaptive leadership in the Chinese context: Can adaptive leadership be applied in China? In M. Raei & H. T. Rasmussen (Eds.), Adaptive leadership in a global economy: Perspectives for application and scholarship (pp. 183-198). Routledge.
- Raei, M. (2024). Adaptive Leadership and Spirituality: The Inherent Spirituality of Being an Adaptive Leader. In M. Raei, S. K. Guenther, & L. A. Berkley (Eds.), Leadership at the spiritual edge: Emerging and non-Western concepts of leadership and spirituality (pp. 34-51). Routledge.
- Raei, M., & LeMaster, C. (2021). Adaptive and complexity leadership: Stronger together. In M. Raei & H. T. Rasmussen (Eds.), Adaptive leadership in a global economy: Perspectives for application and scholarship (pp. 11-28). Routledge.
- Rasmussen, H. T., & Raei, M. (2020). I’ll only follow if I trust you: Using adult development to accelerate trust. In J. Reams (Ed.), Maturing leadership: How adult development impacts leadership (pp. 103-128). Emerald Group Publishing.
- Raei, M., Guenther, S. K., & Berkley, L. A. (2024). Introduction. In M. Raei, S. K. Guenther, & L. A. Berkley (Eds.), Leadership at the Spiritual Edge: Emerging and Non-Western Concepts of Leadership and Spirituality (pp. 1-13). Routledge.
- Rasmussen, H. T., & Raei, M. (2021). Introduction. In M. Raei & H. T. Rasmussen (Eds.), Adaptive leadership in a global economy: Perspectives for application and scholarship (pp. 1-7). Routledge.
- Raei, M. (2018). Development and Validation of the Adaptive Leadership With Authority Scale.